Re: A citation on Lua

[Glenn Maynard <glenn@...>]

On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 10:24:10AM +0100, Philippe Lhoste wrote:
> Somebody that goes against the flow... :-)
> "I've been working with Lua recently - can't say that I like it very 
> much. It has some remarkably academic features for something that's used 
> so commerically, but it's a complete pig to work with and it's hard not 
> to sit and frown at the (in my opinion) ugly design."
> 
> http://archiemaskill.blogspot.com/2006/08/string-splitting-in-lua.html
> 
> He has the right to have an opinion, of course, but I regret he doesn't 
> expand on what design flaws he found. Such out of the blue remark isn't 
> useful / constructive / credible. Even less when written after a day of 
> programming...

Blogs are where people collect their poorly-considered opinions.  Everyone
has the right to have a wrong opinion, and now, to broadcast it.  :)

-- 
Glenn Maynard